Stand-up comedian, Derick Kobina Bonney better known
as DKB has finally quashed rumors that he bribed the organizers of the
2012 big brother Africa to move multiple award-winning songstress
Mildred Ashong popularly known as Eazzy from the VIP into the regular
section of the house.
Big Brother Africa is the African version of the
international reality television franchise Big Brother created by
producer John de Mol in 1997.
The show was first aired in 2003 for one season on M-Net and broadcast to audiences in 42 African countries.
However, DKB, together with the celebrated
songstress and her boyfriend Keitta, represented Ghana in the 7th season
of the Big Brother Africadubbed the StarGame in 2012.
Prior to the commencement of that edition, Eazzy was
much more popular than DKB but the ace comedian was moved into the VIP
section of the house while the songstress was moved into the regular
section.
This stirred a huge controversy within the
showbiz fraternity back in 2012. A section of the showbiz fraternity
accused DKB of bribing the organizers of the biggest African reality
show to move Eazzy and her boyfriend into the regular section.
Reacting to this in an interview with entertainment journalist Ekow Koomson on Ghanaweekend TV, DKB debunked the allegation:
“There were ridiculous rumors that I was moved
into the VIP section of the House because I bribed the organisers to
move Eazzy into the regular section because Eazzy was more popular than
me and wanted to be a star like her …That was a lie..this was a
ridiculous rumour”.
Explaining why he was moved into the VIP section
over Eazzy, DKB emphasized that he was already recognised by the
organisers as a star because he worked with them before that edition.
“I
was recognised by the organizers of Big Brother as a star in Ghana
because a year before that edition, M-net had a comedy club for top
African comedians so they flew me to Uganda to perform there … So when
they were looking for stars for the 7th edition they went into their
system and saw my that they already had my details, they recognised me
as someone who has done something for them ….by that time Eazzy hadn’t
done something for M-Net before to be known as a star … so they invited
me, I went for an audition and I was picked.”
Watch the full interview below
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